Hotel Galerias Santiago

... my cigarette out in the hot sun. Mmmm! At last, a $25 (all prices in $US) taxi ride brought us to the Hotel Galerias (www.hotelgalerias.cl), a 4-star, $80/night establishment located in the Centro area of town at 65 San Antonio Street. It was our kind of ...

... it simply wasn't what she had imagined, and walked away empty-handed. The vendor was quite sympathetic. We returned to the Hotel Galerias rather tired at 4:30pm. Caroline went to the swimming pool while I relaxed in our air-conditioned room. We had ...

... visit some landmarks like Cerro San Cristobal but every English speaking person told us to be back in our hotel by dark, so sadly we missed the pumping Santiago nightlife. Off to Quito, Ecuador next and hopefully some more normal hours of sleep. Adios ...

... brown things, but they only cost a pound!  Bargainous!).... Okay, gotta book hotels now...  Love to you all...   Andy x P.S. Photos to follow...  Left the connector thingy in the hotel... First things first, and all ...

... (Santiago): Our trip is winding down, and our activities today reflect just that. We took the bus back to Santiago and once more booked into the Galerias at 2pm. We spent the afternoon just relaxing in our room and at the pool before heading out to ...

... 18, 2006 (Santiago): We arrived in Santiago from Villarrica on the overnight "cama bus" at 7:30am. Once again we checked into the Hotel Galerias, but it was only $90/night this time! Though we were a bit tired we booked a half-day tour starting at ...

The day before the first day Vicki got the dreaded lurgi and successfully gave it to everyone in succession and to everyone else on the plane. So a bit slow to start. Apart from that, the flight was fantastic, the 17 or so hours went very quickly as we ...

... oh soooooo long. Got a 15,000 pesos (nearly US 30 or NZ $40) taxi chit from inside the terminal and 20 minutes later was at Galerias Hotel and room 804 was waiting for my presence. Not long there as 2 pm was off to see the city as I have only today and a ...

... took a national coach for a weeks stay at the port side city of Valaprasio a very popular Chilean holiday destination 100kms out from Santiago built on the very steep hills overlooking the ocean. From Valaprasio we boarded the metro for a day trip to the ...

... have the visers down so we could sleep. Chile is about 12 hours behind Darwin. We caught a taxi straight to the hotel in the downtown and older part of Santiago, on the way from the airport we could see the slums of the city but also the Andes on the ...

... kurzen Abstecher nach Paris sind wir in einem zwar langen ( 14h) , fuer uns aber eigentlich recht kurzweiligen Flug in Santiago angekommen. Speziell der Anflug ueber die Anden war mehr als spektakulaer. Ueber Santiago laesst sich sagen - der Pisco Sour ...

Hi all, buenos noches from Santiago Chile! The flight was reasonably painless and it passed quickly. Waking up to my very first view of south America and the Andes was pretty cool. The ride into town from the airport was pretty interesting, with what ...

This is my last day on holidays.  What a shame.  I first went to Cerro Santa Lucia and enjoyed the park in the middle of the city.  I also got some last minute shopping squeezed in, and did manage to get on the funicular (tram) to the top ...

Today started with indecision. I was going to join a walking tour, but then decided not to as I really wanted to go up San Cristobal hill. So I made my way through the city, and crossed the river to take the funicular. Once I got there I learned it ...

Jetzt sind wir richtig angekommen, denn die 2 Steirer haben gemerkt, dass es hier nicht so einfach ist nach Argentinien fahren Steak essen, wie bei uns daheim nach Marburg zum Fisch. D.h. unsere erste Umplanung hat stattgefunden. So lernt man halt Land ...

... can't trace the road we took to get to San Pedro. Further south, some very high snowy mountains, and greener valleys. Approaching Santiago, even the hills are starting to look green, and the valleys quite lush with crops and lots of poplar tree wind ...

... day, and we would end our vacation in Santiago, flying back to Houston on the same day. But they would fly from Santiago to Miami to Houston, whereas I would return to Buenos Aires to board my non-stop Continental Business First flight to Houston.  ...

... Sure enough, there were dozens of sweater shops (our favorite name was "Mr. Sweater"), and leather shops. There was a mall too-Galerias Pacifico. We stepped inside for a second and both had the same reaction-"this reminds me of Vegas". For Erin it ...

... of my last trip - go have a look. Wed 14 Dec Depart Auckland LA 800 @4.10 pm. Arrive Santiago @ 11.40 pm. Galerias Hotel, Santiago Thurs 15 Dec Depart Lan Ecaudor LA 1446 @ 10.50 am 2.05 pm Arrive Guayquil. Depart Guayquil Lan Ecaudor LA 1442 @ 3.10 pm. ...

... checked out at noon, we killed time going for a nice lunch (or shall we say breakfast?). We then snooped around Galerias Pacificas, a large shopping mall on Avenue de la Florida. Since it was pouring rain outside, we enjoyed window shopping from the ...